Definition of Primulales

1. Noun. Primulaceae; Theophrastaceae; Myrsinaceae; and (in some classifications) Plumbaginaceae.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Primulales

Primaxin
Prime Minister
Primeira Liga
Primitive Irish
Primitive Methodist
Primitive Methodists
Primorsky Krai
Primrose
Primula auricula
Primula elatior
Primula polyantha
Primula sinensis
Primula veris
Primula vulgaris
Primulaceae
Primulales (current term)
Primus
Primus stove
Prince-of-Wales'-heath
Prince-of-Wales feather
Prince-of-Wales fern
Prince-of-Wales plume
Prince Albert's yew
Prince Albert yew
Prince Charles
Prince Charles Foreland
Prince Charlie jacket
Prince Charlie jackets

Literary usage of Primulales

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Morphology of Angiosperms: (Morphology of Spermatophytes. Part II) by John Merle Coulter, Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1903)
"This latter feature is suggestive of the Primulales, but the multilocular ovary with usually large solitary ovules is suggestive neither of Primulales nor ..."

2. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"There are about 3500 species in this order, which is divided quite naturally into three suborders (including 15 to 20 families), as follows: Primulales ..."

3. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1902)
"... instead of being alternate with them. In both families the calyx is free from the ovary. THE Primulales consist of two families, Primulaceae and Plumba- ..."

4. Contributions to the Paleobotany of Peru, Bolivia and Chile: Five Papers by Edward Wilber Berry (1922)
"... are scantily represented, although both are important in the existing flora of the American tropics. The order Primulales, or ..."

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